This week’s WXXV Student Athlete of the Week truly does it all while keeping straight As. Ocean Springs junior power lifter Bella MacDonald truly puts the term power in girl power, being a two-time state champion and currently working her way to a third. If there’s one person that knows how to stay busy and active, it’s Ocean Springs junior…
Mississippi Gulf Coast softball home opener, breaking in the new turf against Pensacola State. The home team would need to get the split, 5-2 win in game two after dropping game one 2-0. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: MGCCC, softball, sports
Pass Christian Head Football Coach Chase Carmody has stepped down from his post after three seasons as first reported by Coast Football. During his time with the Pirates, Carmody led them to an overall record of 11-15 including back-to-back trips to the 4A playoffs the last two seasons. There have been unofficial rumors of Carmody’s impending move to become the…
There’s a different buzz in the gym for a neutral site playoff game, it means you’re getting close to the Big house. Today, Pearl River Community College hosting the first batch of quarterfinal games, starting in 4A. The Pass Christian Lady Pirates are one of eight Coast teams still alive, taking on a very dangerous Raymond team. Tough matchup for…
Sea fog is beginning roll in again. A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect until 10 AM tomorrow morning for Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson County. Look for this pattern to continue through the weekend due to light southerly flow overnight for the next several nights. Very warm temperatures will remain with tomorrow being the warmest day. Morning lows in the…
What better place to have a margarita than Margaritaville in Biloxi on National Margarita Day?! Margaritaville Café invited their guests to attend Margarita University to learn how to craft the perfect drink. With help from a bartender, guests were not able to just learn, but also make their own margarita. Afterwards, they took pictures with a certification saying they passed…
Many of you will remember our story two weeks ago about a new K9 being added to the Pass Christian Police Department. Well, the K9 officer now has a name, thanks to a trio of citizens who submitted suggestions. Meet Scout Bleu Daniel, the adorable British Labrador retriever puppy got his name thanks to Tyler Ann, Maria Myers, and Susie…
Blow Fly Bar and Grill is officially open in Gulfport. Blow Fly Bar and Grill is finally open and staff couldn’t be more thrilled to get to work. Owner Jonathan Allen said, “We are all so excited… and giddy, I think is the word. We’ve got six tables in here and we’ve only been open for five minutes right now….
Temperatures remain very warm for the end of February! Winds are beginning to back off across the area. Overnight, there will be the potential for sea fog to develop again. It looks like it will be more widespread due to winds backing off for the area as a whole. Because of that, there is a Dense Fog Advisory in effect…
With the beginning of Lent means Fish Fridays! Many churches across the Coast offer seafood on Fridays during Lent. St. James Catholic Church is just one that is serving up fish plates starting March 3rd. Dinners are available for $12 at the St. James Parish Center Gymnasium Fridays from 5 to 6 p.m. The plates are available for dine-in or…
Don’t forget to stop by and grab a margarita at your favorite spot to celebrate National Margarita Day! News 25’s Jazell Ladner is at Margaritaville in Biloxi to see how they’re celebrating. Categories: Local News, News Tags: margaritaville, National Margarita Day
A motorcyclist is dead after a crash with an 18-wheeler on the Wolf River Bridge on Interstate 10 this afternoon. MHP Spokesman Cal Robertson confirmed the fatality that happened in the eastbound lanes just before 3 p.m. The incident caused a slowdown of traffic in the area just west of County Farm Road. WXXV will update with more information as…
WXXV has obtained video from the officer-involved shooting on October 6th. We want to warn you some of the video could be considered disturbing. The one minute and ten second video will be shown without audio. Categories: Featured, Local News, News Tags: Jaheim McMillian, officer involved shooting
Most believe people should upgrade from ‘fast furniture’ by age 28. Spring break prices are rising as travelers return to pre-pandemic booking habits. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
There were several Ash Wednesday masses inside today. Outside three pastors from three different churches came together in Long Beach to provide ashes for those on the move this morning. The end of Mardi Gras means it is Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent. To kick-off the 40-day Lenten period, cars lined up at the Jim Simpson Pier…
The MGCCC Harrison County Players will be performing ‘The Last of the Dragons’ by Kristen Walter starting tomorrow in the Arena Theatre at the Harrison County campus. In studio with more are Preston Moore and Cameron Broome. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: MGCCC Harrison County Players, The Last of the Dragons, theatre
If you find yourself with heaps of Mardi Gras beads today and no idea what to do with all those trinkets, we have a solution. Jeff Clark from the Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport is here to tell us about their bead-recycling program. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: bead recycling, mardi gras beads, Mississippi Aquarium
The Harrison County grand jury has cleared a Gulfport Police officer of any wrongdoing in the shooting death of Jaheim McMillan. We want to warn you, the following video may be disturbing to some viewers. The grand jury, empaneled in September, considered the officer-involved shooting that happened on October 6, 2022. McMillan died after a shooting at the Family Dollar…
Today our area will reside between a strong upper level high pressure over the western Caribbean and southwest Atlantic and a strong upper level disturbance ejecting out of northern Mexico. A frontal boundary will begin to approach, but as it loses motivation by the upper disturbance riding northeast away from the region, it will stall likely pretty close to the I59/20 corridor….
Early this morning some sea fog has overspread portions of the Mississippi Gulf Coast dropping visibility down to around half a mile or so over the last few hours at GPT. Today our area will reside between a strong upper level high pressure over the western Caribbean and southwest Atlantic and a strong upper level disturbance ejecting out of northern…
Well-above normal temperatures continue as we close out Mardi Gras with high temperatures in the low 80s across much of the area. Low stratus that developed overnight and held low temperatures in the mid to upper 60s effectively broke out into shallow cu by mid-afternoon allowing temperatures to climb. Much of the same can be expected tomorrow as temperatures reach…
Last week, Pascagoula football standout Corion Evans received some well-deserved recognition courtesy of the American Red Cross. Evans made the trip up to New York to receive his medal, less than eight months after jumping in the Pascagoula River to help rescue three girls as well as a Moss Point police officer. As a senior for the Panthers in 2022,…
West Harrison fifth-year Head Football Coach Quincy Patrick is building a program from the ground up and the Mississippi Gulf Coast chapter of the National Football Foundation has taken notice. They awarded him the 2023 Coach of the Year honors. This season, the Hurricanes did what they said they couldn’t, posting their first-ever winning season in 13 years of existence….
That’s a 20-piece for Picayune Running Back Chris Davis, pulling in yet another Power Five offer from Texas A&M. A four-star recruit, Davis has other Division I offers from Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Auburn, Arkansas, Missouri, South Carolina, Penn State, Oregon, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Memphis, Cincinnati, Southern Miss, Louisiana, Tulane, UNVL, Boston College, and Western Kentucky. The soon-to-be…